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Forming A Ring From A Kennedy Half

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Size 14 from a Kennedy Silver Half dollar a good way to kill a couple of hours.
clean coin (What!),
cut hole in middle (No way!),
Anneal (Artificial toning !),
hammer out (Altered surfaces!)
pickle (Environmental Damage!) and polish (Whizz!)





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 Posted 04/26/2020  3:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Fuzzy317 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Cool to see part of the process
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Well, don't bother to get it slabbed then!

If you damage a coin enough it becomes something else-and more interesting than a common silver coin.
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YEARS ago I made a ring out of a quarter the old-fashioned way:
I hammered it with a spoon.
Then I punched out the center and filed it down.
My understanding at the time was that prisoners would do this.
Any truth to that story?
I wore it for so long that it got nice and smooth.
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Nice job and thanks for the pics of how this is done.
I hope steps 1 and 2 were as follows though:
1. Check for 1964 DDO
2. Check for RPM

How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash?
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Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves
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Well done!..
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What happens to the cut outs?...earrings?
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Nice job and nice to see pics of the process.
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